The last two decades have seen a proliferation of fields and applications where microtechnologies have gradually replaced, and often outperformed, their macroscopic counterparts. From engineering to basic sciences, ...

Introduction: Aerodynamic design optimization has seen significant development over the past decade. Adjoint-based shape design for elliptic systems was first proposed by Pironneau and applied to transonic flow by Jameson ...

Computational models of complex phenomena are an important resource for scientists and engineers. However, many state-of-the-art simulations of physical systems are computationally expensive to evaluate and are black ...

Pressures and incentives to operate complex socio-technical aerospace systems in a high-risk state are ever present. Without consideration of the role humans and organizations play in system safety during the development ...

Since operations began in 2006, the SPHERES facility, including three satellites aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has demonstrated many future satellite technologies in a true microgravity environment and ...

Control architectures and methodologies are developed for the reduction of radiated noise from a thick-walled cylindrical shell using external piezoelectric panels. The proposed approach is to cover the shell's outer surface ...

Seemingly, the era of ubiquitous connectivity has arrived, with smart phones, tablets, and small computing devices bringing internet straight to our fingertips - or has it? Two thirds of the world still does not have access ...

The use of simulation techniques in applied aerodynamics has increased dramatically in the last three decades fostered by the growth in computational power. However, the state of the art discretization in industrial solvers ...